American Recovery & Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA)

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 Purpose

Present up
Present up‐dated
dated information
information
Answer questions
Share experiences 
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Identify needs
Identify needs 

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 AGENDA

ARRA Overview
A AO i
Timetable
Funding Initiatives
NIH
NSF
Other agencies
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Special Recommendations
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 The purpose of the ARRA is to:
• preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery.

• assist those most impacted by the recession.

• provide investments to increase economic efficiency by spurring 
id i t t t i i ffi i b i
technological advances in science and health.

• invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other 
infrastructure that will provide long‐term economic benefits.

• stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize 
and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state 
and local tax increases
and local tax increases.

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 Th Ob
The Obama Ad i i t ti
Administration

•Promoting a bottom up strategy to 
problem‐solving and economic recovery
bl l i d i

•Implementing transparency at all levels of 
g
government operation
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Unique Opportunity for Higher 
q pp y g
Education
University is home to the greatest source of 
economic hope – the marketable idea
economic hope  the marketable idea
Build campus capacity

Know community interests/resources/needs

Establish a strategic program development mindset

Establish a strategic program development mindset

Think globally, act locally
globally, act locally

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Funding Priorities
Funding  Priorities
Health Care
Health Care
Community Service
Access
STEM
Internationalization
Sustainability
Jobs
E
Energy  Energy
E E
Energy
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Where is the money going?
*
*

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 Time Table
13‐Feb‐2009 HR 1 passed by the House of Representatives
HR1 passed by the Senate

17‐Feb‐2009 HR1 signed into law, and website (recovery.com) goes live

19‐Feb‐2009 Federal Agencies to begin reporting their formula block grants awards

3‐Mar‐2009 Federal agencies to begin reporting use of funds

1‐May‐2009  Recovery Plan for each program in the Law

3‐May‐2009 Federal agencies to make Performance Plans publicly available
Federal agencies to begin reporting on the allocations for entitlement 
programs

15‐May‐2009 Detailed agency financial reports to become available

20‐May‐2009 Federal agencies to begin reporting their competitive grants and contracts

15‐Jul‐2009 Recipients of federal funding to begin reporting on their use of funds

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VPIT.2009
 MORE ON THE STIMULUS
Four major R&D priorities receive funds:
iinnovation & competitiveness‐related basic research, biomedical research, 
i & ii l db i h bi di l h
energy R&D, and climate change.

Basic competitiveness research:

Basic competitiveness research:
stimulus puts NSF, DOE O/S, and NIST on track to double over 7 to 10 years, 
as promised in Obama campaign and bipartisan America COMPETES Act of 
2007. 
2007

Energy and climate also high priorities:
$3.5B for DOE energy R&D, $400 M for NASA climate programs, $830 
$3 5B for DOE energy R&D $400 M for NASA climate programs $830
million for NOAA. 

Goal is to spend the money quickly:

Goal is to spend the money quickly:
agencies get FY 2009 money, can obligate the funds through Sept. 2010
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$10.4 billion  investment NIH
September 2010
p

50 states and territories, through more than 3,000 institutions 

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 National Institutes of Health Budget by Institute, 1998-2009
(budget authority in billions of constant FY 2008 dollars)

40
ARRA (stimulus)
35

30 NIAID

25
Heart Lung Blood
20

15 Cancer

10
Buildings and Facils.
5

0 All Other
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

Source: AAAS R&D reports from NIH budget documents 1996-2008. * 2009
figures are AAAS estimates of 2009 omnibus appropriations,
appropriations including stimulus
appropriations in HR 1. Adjusted for inflation using OMB's GDP deflators. FEB. 09
© 2009 AAAS

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Support of Scientific Research Priorities
pp

$8 2 billion
$8.2 billion 
•$7.4 billion is transferred to the Institutes and Centers and 
$7 4 billion is transferred to the Institutes and Centers and
Common Fund (CF)/ Roadmap  based on a percentage‐based 
formula
•$800 million to the Office of the Director (OD) (not including CF) 
(For example, support for Challenge Grants, a program designed 
to focus on health and science problems where progress can be 
expected in two years)
•To support additional scientific research‐related activities that 
T ddi i l i ifi h l d i ii h
also align with the overall purposes of the Act
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 NIH Institute Allocations

FY09 Budget % of FY09 Budget % of $7.4B FY09 Budget % of FY09 Budget % of $7.4B

NCI $4,809,819,000
$ , , , 16.324% 1,207,952,977
, , , NIAMS , ,
509,080,000 1.728% 127,851,942
, ,

NIAID 4,568,778,000 15.506% 1,147,417,186 NHGRI 487,878,000 1.656% 122,527,206

NHLBI 2,924,942,000 9.927% 734,579,076 NIAAA 436,681,000 1.482% 109,669,431

NIGMS 1,937,690,000 6.576% 486,637,523 NIDCD 395,047,000 1.341% 99,213,338

NIDDK 1,858,487,000 6.307% 466,746,234 NIDCR 390,535,000 1.325% 98,080,180

NINDS 1,545,397,000 5.245% 388,115,833 NLM 323,046,000 1.096% 81,130,782

NIMH 1,406,841,000 4.775% 353,318,446 NIBIB 300,254,000 1.019% 75,406,728

NICHD 1,255,920,000 4.262% 315,415,674 NCMHD 199,762,000 0.678% 50,168,853

NCRR 1,160,473,000 3.938% 291,444,816 NINR 137,609,000 0.467% 34,559,554

OD* 1,056,797,000 3.587% 265,407,302 NCCAM 121,695,000 0.413% 30,562,863

NIA 1,048,278,000 3.558% 263,267,813 FIC 66,623,000 0.226% 16,731,908

NIDA 1,001,672,000 3.400% 251,563,037 $29,229,524,000 99.709%

NEI 667,764,000 2.266% 167,704,338 $29,465,270,000 – Total, Program Level

NIEHS 642,875,000 2.182% 161,453,637 *800M will

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Extramural Construction, Repairs, and 
Alterations
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$1 billion

Allocated to the National Center for Research 
All t d t th N ti lC t f R h
Resources (NCRR) in support of all NIH funded 
research institutions (construction and
research institutions (construction and 
renovation of extramural research facilities). NO 
institutional matching required; timeline 5 years 
not 2 years.
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 Request for Applications (RFAs)
Request for Applications (RFAs)
• Two
Two related Request for Applications (RFAs) 
related Request for Applications (RFAs)
have been released in response to the 
Recovery Act
Recovery Act
– RFA‐RR‐09‐007 (supports core facilities 
improvement projects; G20 mechanism)
improvement projects; G20 mechanism)
– RFA‐RR‐09‐008 (supports construction, renovation 
a d epa
and repair improvement projects; C06 
p o e e p ojec s; 06
mechanism)

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 Comparison of G20 and C06 RFAs
Comparison of G20 and C06 RFAs
Item RFA‐RR‐09‐007  RFA‐RR‐09‐008 
(Core facilities)
(Core facilities)  (Construction etc )
(Construction etc.)
Mechanism G20 C06

g / pp
Budget/application  $1 ‐ 10 Million
$ $2 ‐ 15 Million
$
(direct cost only)

Number of applica‐
pp
tions/per institution* no more than 2 no more than 3

yp q p
Type of equipment  g
general purpose & fixed 
p p fixed equipment only
q p y
allowed equipment

Equipment maximum
q p up to $100K for specialized 
p p Not Applicable
pp
equipment 
*An institution is defined as an organization with a separate IPF code identifier.
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Comparison of G20 and C06 RFAs (cont’d)
Item RFA‐RR‐09‐007  RFA‐RR‐09‐008 
(Core facilities)  (Construction, etc.)

New construction, and  No Yes
completion of shell 
space
p

Receipt date(s) September 17, 2009 May 6, 2009 ($2 – 5 M)

June 17, 2009 ($10 – 15 M)
July 17, 2009 ($5 – 10 M)

Award start dates July 2010 December 2009 & April 2010

Green technology &  Yes Yes
design approaches

Creation/retention of  Yes Yes

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Helpful Hints in Preparing a G20 or C06 
Application
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• Read the RFA carefully.
d h f ll
• Make a checklist from the RFA review criteria and address 
each item on the checklist.
each item on the checklist.
• Contact the office of the vice president for research or the 
sponsored program office of your institution to determine 
who has experience writing construction or renovation 
applications; recruit those individuals identified for the 
application team.
pp
• Assemble a team of scientists (and veterinarians for animal 
facility improvement projects only), architects and engineers, 
administrators and grant writers; meet regularly and keep 
d i it t d t it t l l dk
track of progress; set and keep timeline progress goals.
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 Helpful Hints in Preparing a G20 & C06 
A li ti
Application
• Scientists
Scientists (and veterinarians for animal facility improvement 
(and veterinarians for animal facility improvement
projects only) should write the scientific section of the project 
narrative of the application.
• Architects, engineers and facility staff should write the design 
section of the project narrative and produce the improvement 
project line drawings.
• Grant writers must merge the above two sections into a 
unified and cohesive document that is clear and easy to read.
• The scientific writing team should read the architectural and 
engineering team’s section to ensure that it will be clearly 
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understood by a scientist (and veterinarian if applicable); each 
application will be reviewed by an architect or engineer, 
veterinarian (if applicable) and scientist.
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Shared Instrumentation and other 
capital equipment
l

$300 million

Allocated to NCRR to support all NIH 
activities (shared instrumentation and
activities (shared instrumentation and 
other capital equipment); probably 
additional RFA, relax request for matching
RFA relax request for matching
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Comparative Effectiveness Research 
(
(CER))

$400 million

For comparative effectiveness research (CER) 
/Outcome Research following transfer of these
/Outcome Research, following transfer of these
funds form the Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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 NIH will focus scientific activities in 
several areas:
l

• Recently peer reviewed, highly meritorious R01 and 
similar mechanisms capable of making significant advances in 
2 years. 

• New
New R01 applications 
R01 applications that have a reasonable expectation 
that have a reasonable expectation
of making progress in two years. 

• Accelerate the tempo of ongoing science through targeted 
supplements to current grants.

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 NIH will focus scientific activities in 
several areas:
l
• Support a reasonable number of awards to jump start the 
new NIH Challenge Grant program. This program 
is designed to focus on health and science problems where 
progress can be expected in two years.  No cap of 
challenge grants from an institution; multiple 
h ll f i i i li l
PIs allowed.

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 “Buckets”
Buckets  of NIH stimulus funds
of NIH stimulus funds
• RO1s and related mechanisms: 14,000 proposals already 
reviewed and considered fundable that can be conducted in 2
reviewed and considered fundable that can be conducted in 2 
years

• SSupplement to existing grants: Some will be competitive with 
l tt i ti t S ill b titi ith
new or existing solicitations, other based on internal NIH 
administrative decisions, after grants are reviewed by the Is&Cs.  
(training and equipment)‐ RO1 Must have at least 2 years 
remaining on funding, up to $500,000 direct costs; within scope 
original peer review grant
original peer review grant

• New NIH Challenge Program: Is&Cs will identify cross cutting 
scientific challenges scientists will apply to receive $500 000 a
scientific challenges; scientists will apply to receive $500,000 a 
year for 2 years; potentially $200 M for this program
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 Challenge Grants
Challenge Grants
• Mechanism:
Mechanism: RC1  
RC1 ‐ RFA OD
RFA OD‐09‐003
09 003 
• Focus on a broad array of more than one hundred topics, from 
behavioral sciences and genomics to stem cells and translational 
science. 
• 200 or more projects expected to be funded over the next two 
years. 
years
• SF424 (R&R) application forms 
• Submissions are due by April 27, 2009 (accepted from March 27, 
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2009)
• More information at: 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/
// / / / /
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 Highest Priority Challenges Areas
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Behavior, Behavioral Change, and Prevention;
•Behavior, Behavioral Change, and Prevention;
•Bioethics; 
•Biomarker Discovery and Validation; 
•Clinical Research; 
•Comparative Effectiveness Research; 
•Enabling Technologies; 
•Enhancing Clinical Trials; 
•Genomics; 
•Health Disparities; 
•Information Tech for Processing Health Care Data; 
R ti M di i
•Regenerative Medicine; 
•Science, Tech, Engineering & Mathematics Ed (STEM); 
•Smart Biomaterials ‐ Theranostics; 
•Stem Cells
•Stem Cells 
•Translational Science
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© AASCU/GRC, 2009
 Competitive and Administrative 
Supplements
COMPETITIVE REVISION APPLICATIONS   April 21, 2009 
p
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice‐files/NOT‐OD‐09‐
058.html

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENTS    OPEN
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice‐files/NOT‐OD‐09‐
056 ht l
056.html

Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research 
pp g
Experiences for Students and Science Educators    OPEN
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice‐files/NOT‐OD‐09‐
060.html

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 Competitive and Administrative 
Supplements
l

Deadline Funding  Amount Description

Available
Competitive‐New  April 21,  $ Billion
$1 Competitive  
Research 2009 No limit Revision – New
NOT‐OD‐09‐058 Research
Administrative 
Administrative OPEN $1 Billion Dependent
D d on 
supplement type of grant Within scope of 
NOT‐OD‐09‐056 approved grant
Summer Research
Summer Research OPEN $1 Billion Dependent on
on  Research 
Research
Administrative number of  Experience for 
Supplement students Students & 
NOT‐OD‐09‐060 Science 
Educators
d

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 Recommendations for Supplements
Recommendations for Supplements
• Contact Program Directors as soon as possible 

• Inquire about supplement cap since it may vary among 
institutes and centers

• Ask about administrative vs. competitive supplements

• Emphasize impact on employment (recruitment of new 
people, retention of  laboratory personnel, etc.

• Link equipment to the hiring and retention of 
manufacturing employees

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 Recommendations for Applications 
close to Payline
l l (10‐15%)
( )

• Contact Program Office as soon as possible 

• Work on a strong justification for receiving 2 year funding 
k f f f d

• Inquire about  allowed annual budget (could be up to 
q g ( p
$500,000)

• Explain how these funds will allow you to conduct the 
Explain how these funds will allow you to conduct the
project much faster and achieve the proposed goals in 2 
years

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 Additional Points on Process
Additional Points on Process

• Funding process would keep in mind fair geographical 
distribution, provided merit is shown

• A new peer review process already underway at NIH 
should provide more flexibility and help expedite the
should provide more flexibility and help expedite the 
process of these new funds

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 Scoring
• Reviewers
Reviewers will use the new NIH scoring scale 
will use the new NIH scoring scale
for all applications.
• This scale will apply to the overall 
This scale will apply to the overall
impact/priority score and individual review 
criteria.
criteria
• The scoring range is 1 – 9, not 1 – 5.
• Applications will be scored using whole 
numbers only, no decimals.

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 1 – 9 Scoring Scale
1  9 Scoring Scale
Impact Score Descriptor Strengths/Weaknesses

1 Exceptional

High Impact 2 Outstanding

3 Excellent Strengths

4 Very Good
Moderate
5 Good
Impact
6 Satisfactory

7 Fair Weaknesses
Low
8 Marginal
Impact
9 Poor

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 Impact/Priority Score
Impact/Priority Score
• Final
Final score for the application
score for the application
• Assessment for the project to exert a sustained, 
powerful influence on the institution
powerful influence on the institution
• Application score range will be 10 – 90, 
calculated as an average of all reviewer scores 
l l d f ll i
multiplied by 10
• The impact/priority score is not an average of the 
individual criterion scores

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Face Page of Summary Statement:
Terminology Change
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New Term: IMPACT/PRIORITY SCORE

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 Additional Points on Process
Additional Points on Process
• Read the announcements carefully
Read the announcements carefully
– Eligibility of institution and PI/PD
– If multiple PIs allowed
– Grants.gov submission requirements
• Deadline for receipt of application is 5:00 p.m. local time of the 
institution
• Note various receipt dates based on costs!
Note various receipt dates based on costs!

– Proposed Timetable
• Note accelerated design milestones (i.e., 14 months instead of 24 
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months)
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 Other Recommendations
Other Recommendations

• R
Remember: 2009 offers a unique 
b 2009 ff i
opportunity for those submitting 
proposals

• RO1
• UO1
• PO1  etc.

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 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION $3.0
$3 0 B

Academic Research Infrastructure (Title
( II) 
)
Public Law 100‐570  200

Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)
j ( ) 300

Other Res. & Related Activities 2,000

Education and Human Resources 3/ 100

Major Res Equip & Facil Constr

Major Res. Equip & Facil. Constr. 400

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 NSF Priority Programs
• Cyber‐enabled Discovery and Innovation
• Science and Technology Centers
• CAREER awards (funded for full five years)
• Graduate Research Fellowships
• Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and
Early‐concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) replace ‘small, 
rapid‐response’
• OS O
OISE Opportunities (international)
i i (i i l)
• Major Research Instrumentation
• HSI set‐aside
• Professional Science Master’s ($15m in ARRA)
$
• Academic research infrastructure (for outfitting and rehabilitating 
research space, not for new construction),

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© AASCU/GRC, 2008
 National Science Foundation

NSF is planning to use the majority of the $2 
NSF is planning to use the majority of the $2
Billion available for Research and Related 
Activities for proposals already in house and will
Activities for proposals already in house and will 
be reviewed or awarded prior to September 30, 
2009.
2009

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 National Science Foundation
Awards Funds as Specified in the Recovery Act
p y

Math and Science Partnership program  $25 M
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program  $60 M
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction   $400M 
Academic Research Infrastructure (ARI)
( ) $
$200M 
Science Master program  $15 M

NO OTHER SOLICITATIONS WILL BE POSTED THAT ARE SOLRELY THE RESPONSE OF THE RECOVERY ACT

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 National Science Foundation
• All grants issued with Recovery Act funds will 
be standard grants with a duration of up to 5 
years.
• Funding of new Principal Investigators and 
high‐risk,
high risk, high
high‐return
return research will be top 
research will be top
priorities
• NSF will also consider proposals declined on 
NSF will also consider proposals declined on
or after October 1, 2008
• No supplements / verify cost sharing 
N l t / if t h i
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© AASCU/GRC, 2009
• Grant Proposal Guide
updated October 2008
effective January 5, 2009

Several Noteworthy
y
Changes
•Mentoring Plan (post‐docs)
•Cost Sharing
•Faculty Salary (summer)
•Co‐PIs
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© AASCU/GRC, 2009
 National Science Foundation Budget, FY 2000-2009 (as of 2/09)*
(budget authority in billions of constant FY 2008 dollars)

10

6 ARRA ((stimulus))

4 NSF budget

2
NSF R&D

0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Source: National Science Foundation, AAAS, and latest AAAS estimates of FY

2009 appropriations. Includes supplemental (stimulus appropriations) in Public
Law 111-5. FY 2009 NSF R&D line excludes stimulus R&D.
FEB. '09 © 2009 AAAS

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 Other Funding
Other Funding

NASA $1.0 B

Science 400

A
Aeronautics
ti 150

Cross-Agency
Cross Agency Support Programs 3/ 50

Exploration 400

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 Other Funding
Other Funding

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY $
$5.5 B

DOE -Office of Science (climate, biofuel, energy) 1,600

ARPA-E
ARPA E (Adv.
(Adv Research Projects Agency - Energy)
Collaborations with industry and universities 400

DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewables 1/ 2,500

DOE Fossil Energy 1/ 1,000

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 •$500 million for grants to community health centers

•$1.5 billion for grants for construction, renovation, equipment, and 
acquisition of health IT systems 
acquisition of health IT systems for health centers and health center 
for health centers and health center
controlled networks

•$500 million for scholarships, loan repayments, and grants for 
training program equipment to address health professions workforce 
shortages
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 U S Department of Agriculture (USDA)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

– Received $28B in ARRA funding 
Received $28B in ARRA funding

– $50M for the Aquaculture Assistance Grants Program 

– $20M for Rural Business Development Grants

– Distance Learning, Telemedicine, & Broadband 
Loan Program received $2.5M to expand 
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broadband access.
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 National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts

•$
$50 million in emergency funding included 
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in the federal stimulus bill. The money is 
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sector, an industry hit by declines in 
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philanthropic and government support.
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 National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
• Sixty percent ‐‐ or $30 million ‐‐ will be awarded 
directly to institutions, while $20 million will be given 
to the NEA's network of state, regional and local 
p
partners. 
• Organizations that have received a grant from the NEA 
in the last four years are eligible to apply for awards of 
$25 000 or $50 000 The deadline is April 2. 
$25,000 or $50,000.  The deadline is April 2

• See guidelines for mandatory electronic filing of 
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applications at:
http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/recovery/index.html

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 Other Funding
Other Funding

OTHER FUNDING $2.25 B

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Department of Defense R&D Programs 1/
fD f R&D P 1/ 200
Natl. Inst. of Standards and Technology 600
Natl. Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. 3/ 830
U.S. Geological Survey facilities 3/ 140
USDA ARS Buildings and Facilities 176
HHS Agency for Healthcare Res. And Quality 2/ 300

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 Reporting Requirements
•Unprecedented level of reporting

• Increased reporting both in amount of 
information as well as frequency
information as well as frequency

Shorter grantee reporting (i.e. annually to 
•Shorter grantee reporting (i e annually to
quarterly), due 10 days after end of calendar 
quarter

All reporting requirements from OMB
•All reporting requirements from OMB
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 Reporting Requirements

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•Reports will include economic i
reporting, i.e.  jobs created and 
retained; sub‐recipient reporting; 
separate reporting of ARRA funds;
separate reporting of ARRA funds; 
grant by grant breakdown.

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 Other Considerations
• Cost‐sharingg
• Direct charge for Research   
Ad i i
Administrative Specialists
i S i li
• Buy American provision 
Buy American provision –
construction materials
• Award period (spend vs. obligate)
• Grants.gov problems
Grants gov problems
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 Other Considerations
• Employ Americans provision –
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should not impact foreign student 
hires on grants
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•Just‐in‐time flexibility on IRB, IACUC

Disclosure of fraud and misconduct
•Disclosure of fraud and misconduct
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 Department of Justice Issues report titled 
Department of Justice Issues report titled
"Improving the Grant Management Process"
Wednesday March 18 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 

Grant Oversight and Fraud Prevention: The Department of Justice Office 
of Inspector General recently issued a report Improving the Grant 
Management Process that includes ideas and practices that grant 
Management Process that includes ideas and practices that grant
agencies should consider adopting to minimize opportunities for 
waste, fraud and abuse in awarding and overseeing grants.
The report contains practices for the short term (within 30 days), the 
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medium term (within 1 year) and the long term (over 1 year). Topics 
covered include the award process, monitoring, and training. A copy of 
the February 2009 report is available at
the February 2009 report is available at  
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/new.htm
 Next Steps
• Identify areas of interest and 
reso rces ith the req ired e pertise
resources with the required expertise

• Create working groups

• Monitor Agency websites

• Start writing!
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 Web sites of Interest
Web‐sites of Interest

Appropriations: http://appropriations.house.gov/

Science: http://www aaas org/spp/rd/

http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/

USA Government: http://www.recovery.gov/

Chronicle of Higher Education):     http://chronicle.com/

American Council on Education (ACE ‐has economic stimulus resource center):
http://www.acenet.edu//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Links to Agencies:  http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/agencies
 Summaryy
•Recovery Act accountability and
Transparency Board

•Extreme sensitivity to waste, fraud 
and abuse
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•Unprecedented opportunity and 
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UPR ARRA‐Funded
UPR ARRA Funded Grants
1R01MH083516 ‐ 01 NIH
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Research Project 
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PI Name: MELENDEZ, LOYDA M   
Medical Sciences Campus

1R34MH085511 ‐ 01A1  NIH 

Clinical Trial Planning Grant
PI Name: PEREZ‐JIMENEZ
PI Name: PEREZ JIMENEZ , DAVID
, DAVID
Río Piedras Campus

NOAA 
PI Name: MAYER ROBERT J 
UPR‐Aguadilla
 CONTACT INFORMATION
CONTACT INFORMATION

EDDIE CRUET 
ECRUET@UPR.EDU
@

EMMA FERNANDEZ REPOLLET
E FERNANDEZ@UPR EDU
E.FERNANDEZ@UPR.EDU
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